Healthy dinner party recipes

Healthy being the operative word here ladies, with summer well on it’s way (god forbid the bikini season) I decided to steer clear of the usual over-indulgence at my dinner parties and try a healthier/lighter option. You might be thinking my poor guests, but it was pretty tasty, even if I say so myself!

My beautiful roses from Courts and Nix (some of the dinner party guests)

I did roast chickens with ciabatta and then made two salads and a garlic, chives and baby potato dish.

Salad 1: Quinoa and lemon salad

I threw in everything healthy into this salad

quinoa

Stamp-koring (pearl barley)

chickpeas

red onion

lemon zest

coriander roughly chopped

Dressing:

tahini

lemon juice

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Olive Oil

Salad 2: Tomato, peppers and chilli salsa salad

cherry tomatoes quartered

Red and yellow peppers diced

red ionion

plenty of chilli (I love this part)

Basil

Dressing:

Red wine vinigar

Olive oil

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